Calendar of 2008 Meetings

SPECIAL EVENTS

Sunday Jan 13, 11 am. Annual General Meeting

Members of the Center are highly encouraged to attend if they are able. Friends are also welcome to come. We will discuss the past year and the year to come and elect members fo the Board of Directors. The Center will provide lunch following the meeting.

  
   

Saturday Jan 26, 7 pm. Benefit Concert  PDF poster

We will present a Carnatic Violin Duet Recital Concert to benefit the Vedanta Center of Atlanta Building Fund. Karthik Balachandran and Ramesh Panchaganula will perform on violin, accompanied on the Mridangam bySantosh Chandru and on the Kanjira by Krishna Sarangapani. Suggested donation is $10.

Sunday Feb 10, 11 am. Guest Speaker Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe

Learning and Transformation through Interfaith Relationship, by Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, Dean of the Chapel at Emory University.

   

   

Sunday Feb 24, 10 am. Intown Day Retreat

This will be a very special day, here in the Chapel, its theme: THE LOVE OF GOD. We will examine and discuss light from the East; after a lunch break, light from the West. There will be two periods of meditation, and we will close at 4 p.m. Please bring your own packed lunch. Drinks will be provided. There is no fee and no registration, but the day's program is to be taken as a whole: you are asked not to come late or to leave early.

Sunday May 18, 10:30 am. Buddha Jayanti Celebration

Michael Elliston, Leader of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center, will be our guest for Buddha’s Birthday, and will give a homily (brief talk) on the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. We will have formal worship followed by guest's message and prasad poluck lunch.

Saturday June 21, 5:30 pm. Indian Music and Dance

With Indrani Ganguly (Sangeet Bharati), Kakali Bandyopadhyay, Reneeta Basu and students (Academy of Kuchipudi Dance), Amitava Sen and Sangeetkar group.
Meadowcreek High School Auditorium, 4455 Steve Reynolds Blvd, Norcross, GA 30093.
To benefit our Building Fund, suggested donation $15.
Download the PDF poster.

         

Friday to Sunday Sep 26-28. Annual Retreat

Registration is now open ($20 deposit) for the Annual Retreat in the north Georgia mountains. Swami Shantarupananda, Head of the Vedanta Society of Portland, OR, has agreed to conduct the Retreat this year. The theme is Yoga and Meditation.

SUNDAY 11 A.M. MEETING TOPICS

JANUARY 2008

Jan 06 Yearning for God. Talk followed by discussion.

Jan 13 10:30 am Annual General Meeting (see Special Events above).
Jan 20 Swami Vivekananda and his Authority. Talk followed by discussion.
Jan 26 Saturday 7 pm Carnatic Violin Duet Benefit Concert (see Special Events above).
Jan 27 10:30 am Birthday celebration for Swami Vivekananda. Pot luck prasad lunch follows the formal worship.

 

FEBRUARY 2008

Feb 03 Basic Ideas of Vedanta. Talk followed by discussion.

Feb 10 Learning and Transformation through Interfaith Relationship. Guest speaker Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, Dean of the Chapel at Emory University. Talk followed by discussion.
Feb 17 The Kena Upanishad. Talk followed by discussion.
Feb 24 10 am Intown Day Retreat (See Special Events above).

 

MARCH 2008

Mar 02 Sri Ramakrishna, Inspirer of the New Age. Talk followed by discussion.

Mar 09 10:30 am Birthday celebration for Sri Ramakrishna.
Mar 16 Meditation workshop.
Mar 23 Easter service, Guest Speaker Barbara Brown Taylor.
Mar 30 On Waking from Sleep. Talk followed by discussion.

APRIL 2008

Apr 06 Mundaka Upanishad. Talk followed by discussion.

Apr 13 Vivekananda's call to Glory, with guest speaker Swami Atmatattvananda. Talk followed by discussion.
Apr 20 Atlanta – Its Spiritual Past, Present and Future. Open Forum.
Apr 27 O God Save My Soul, if I Have a Soul! Talk followed by discussion.

MAY 2008

May 04 Swami Vivekananda on the Yoga of Work. Talk followed by discussion.

May 11 Buddha, the Perfect Renouncer. Talk followed by discussion.
May 18 10:30 am Buddha Jayanti, celebrates birth, enlightenment and paranirvana of the Buddha. Formal worship followed by guest's message and prasad poluck lunch. (See Special Events above).
May 25 China Under the Spiritual Lens. Talk followed by discussion.

JUNE 2008

Jun 01 Meditation Workshop.

Jun 08 Parables: Sri Ramakrishna's Teaching Tool. Talk followed by discussion.
Jun 15 On Having Been a "World Pilgrim", with guest speaker Jan Swanson. Talk followed by discussion.
Jun 21 (Saturday 5:30 pm) Indian Music and Dance (see Special Events above).
Jun 22 Katha Upanishad, part I. Talk followed by discussion.
Jun 29 Katha Upanishad, part II. Talk followed by discussion.